| Abstraction |
Encapsulation |
| Abstraction is the process or method of gaining the information. | Encapsulation is the process or method to contain the information. |
| In abstraction, problems are solved at the design or interface level. | Problems are solved at the implementation level. |
| Abstraction is the method of hiding the unwanted information. | Encapsulation is a method to hide the data in a single entity or unit along with a method to protect information from outside. |
| We can implement abstraction using abstract class and interfaces. | Whereas encapsulation can be implemented using by access modifier i.e. private, protected and public. |
In abstraction, implementation complexities are hidden using| The data is hidden using methods of getters and setters.. | |
| The objects that help to perform abstraction are encapsulated. | The objects that result in encapsulation need not be abstracted. |
| Abstraction provides access to specific part of data. | Encapsulation hides data and the user can not access same directly (data hiding. |
| Abstraction focus is on “what” should be done. | Encapsulation focus is on “How” it should be done. |
